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I'm going on vacation next week Monday the 18th through Friday the 22nd and won't have access to a computer to put turns in. If I can get a delay that's great. Or if not we can find a replacement or I can go AI. I'm in no position to win now anyway.

Whatever is best for everyone else is fine by me. Except Pangaea! MUHAHAHHAHAHAHAH

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BDA, seems like you are not near destruction so my vote would be to try and find a Sub, or if that doesn't work delay the game, but I wouldn't object if you want to go AI

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Ashdod are far from gone in this game. In fact I think they're causing me (Pangaea) more problems now than at any point before.

I'd be happy to see the game delayed for a few days until BigDisAwesome got back from his hols. Be sad to see him get subbed-out, and silly to turn him AI. Plus 18th-22nd is only five days after all, which is nothing when you consider that most games last months.

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Hail all,

holidays are already a memory which is sad but good for the game.
I must confess the computers on which I played these last turns couldnt display battles !!!
We can go on a 24h or 48h schedule from now on, that is after BDA comes back.

Thanks all for your patience :)

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Good to have you back Kheldron. Hope the holiday was a good one :-)

And your lack of visuals certainly hasn't stopped you dishing out some serious casualties to the Pangaean ranks. In fact I'm very worried as to what will happen now that you CAN see what's going on! Given our last few clashes, it's me that wishes my computer wouldn't display the battles! :-)

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Well my situation went from nearly hopeless to very bad which is a world better, for sure :smirk:

I still have to cope with you, AI Rlyeh and a Marignon who's stronger than ever before, thanks to you !:up: :doh:

But I'm still in the race and I have Ashdod to thank for his constant hamstring on you, without which I certainly wouldnt be around to complain anymore :p

Cheers ! :)

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Pyth could use some N gems. We can supply A or D gems in exchange. Thanks!

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Alright I'm gonna get this turn in that just got sent out, and after that I won't be able to get the next one in until Saturday morning at the earliest. I'll post when I get back in town guys.

Thanks again for the delay.

And someone needs to kill Pan's Gorgon. It's tearing **** up.

It's sitting in province 137 with a couple regular troops it looks like. No astral though if someone wants to mind hunt it.

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What has Ashdod got against my Gorgen? She's harmless really, as all she wants is someone to play around and have a laugh with. Please don't hold it against her just because everyone she meets seems to turn all cold and stone-like. She only wants to be friends :-)

And congrats on the capital raid BDA. Cetanly didn't see that one coming!

Calahan, Ruler of the Groves.

ps. Anticipatient, my dodgy memory tells me that you're the admin for this game. If so, can you keep a check on Saturday for Ashdod's turn just in case there's a stale danger.

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Ok I just got back home. I'm gonna grab some sleep and do my turn first thing in the morning. Thanks again for the delay guys!

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And there's a lone Gorgon at land 127...

I'm getting destroyed by Pan. My growth was destroyed by his early attacks. I'm in a slowly losing battle. There's no way I can find a counter to both his freespawn and Gorgon in this high research setting. The moment I get together a decent amount of troops to take care of his freespawn, he Cloud Trapezes the Gorgon on top of them and destroys them.

So to all neighbors of Pan. Stop screwing around and help. I won't be around too much longer at this rate to suck up his aggression.

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So are we back up and running?

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I just received turn 45...again.
Does that mean we have to send our orders again for this turn?

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ok my bad didnt save the file in proper place:doh:

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Sh-t. I broke 4/5 of my LCD computer screen. :o/ Smashed. White, black and pink. No good. I can't run dom3 on any other computer at the moment, so the 10 or 11 games I'm in need subs :( I'm really sorry. Hopefully it'll be temporary (anyone know if it's possible to replace monitors on laptops?)

Okay, I go to post on the next game =(

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Ouch! Good luck anticipatient.

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That was the dying curse of my harbingers, so brutally slain by Ermor.

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I'll be out of town tomorrow and won't be able to connect until tuesday evening GMT+1. I already sent my turn so I should be on time for the next but I'm not sure.
If not, I'd like a delay until then if possible.

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It looks like I need to be set to AI. Here in Ohio we got 60-70 mph gusts of winds yesterday caused by remnants of hurricane Ike. I'm without power at home, and they're saying that it could be up to a week until they get power fully restored. So instead of delaying the rest of you for a week to wait on me, just set me AI. I'm basically a non factor anyway. I'm stuck fighting a losing fight against Pangaea. The last 15-20 turns at least have been pretty depressing for me, so I won't mind being AI.

Best of luck to everyone. Especially Caelum.

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Good luck BDA. I cannot believe we are on turn 50 with only 1 VP claimed. This may be the slowest moving game ever.

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It looks like we're going to be stopped until llama gets back anyways due to server difficulties, may as well hold on. It would be a shame to lose you now, and the last thing the rest of us want is to make it any easier for Pan :)

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Ok my power just came back on this morning. I'm not gonna be able to get to my turn until tomorrow though. As you can imagine, I've got a lot of **** to take care of after a week without power.

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After so many months fighting to hold my enemies at bay, I must confess the pangea-marignon-Rlyeh coalition have finally breached my meager walls. Special praise go to Pangea and its murderous backdoors.
Anyway, three nations were way too much for me to handle.

Anyone who have interests in fighting any of them, especially the monstrous satyres, can contact me to benefit from the last gems I'll have before I die. I intend to fight till the end as I wouldn't leave this world like a coward, but here we are.
Death shall be sweet after so many struggles.

Nekraal of Caelum

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Must say there has certainly been some tough fighting going on in this game from the Pangaean PoV (Point of View). I noticed a few posts back DonC mentioned that the game seems slow since it's past turn 50, yet there has only been 1VP claimed, and there isn't even a clear leader of any sorts. Well that certainly isn't from lack of trying from the Sacred Groves :D

But despite Pangaea's questionable power, supposed aggression, undeniable treachery, countless fought battles, years of fighting (think it been since turn 20 v Ashdod, and turn 30 v Caelum), numerous spells, enchantments, summons etc. I think I've gained a total of 5 provinces to show for it all :) Go go unstoppable war machine!!! :p

Kheldorn, you are certainly one tough defender. Had a real job to get past our well known choke-point, and had to use an unexpected backdoor entrance to your lands to get anywhere against you :) (guess it's especially un-expected when you consider Pangaea the nation of sneaky stealth masters). I remember that fight a few turns back where you held out with just one mage remaining at the end. I watched the fight, seen my enraged troops close in on your last brave, exhausted, lone skelly spamming defender. Then, just when any of them could have delivered that fatal blow to seal a Pan victory, they all remembered that they'd left their cookers on, and all immediately rushed home to turn them off!!! Must confess to uttering a few curse words over that one :mad: :D I would say I've broken through your lines now, but I'm far from confident of anything against my winged foes with the great defence they've shown so far.

Now if I could only make any headway at all against my southern foes I'd be a happy satyr :D

With long-term hindsight, I think that all my wars against Caelum and Ashdod has achieved is to ensure that it won't be Caelum, Ashdod or Pangaea who win the game. A long standing deadlock in a war basically just seems to mean that the nations involved fall behind all the others. Oh well, live and learn I guess :)


Also, think we need to decide something over Ermor/anticipatient. He hasn't been seen on the forums for well over a week now, and I know he's staling in all the games he's still in. Not sure if it's a computer, Hurricane related, or A.N.Other problem that is keeping him away, but guess either way something needs to be done over a stale nation.

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Yeah its true, I've no idea what has happened to anticipatient

In general, no nation has made massive games, except perhaps pythium lately? games, except perhaps pythium lately?

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Heh, well Pythium's gains have come with some significant losses of resources (gems, thugs, SCs, afflictions on pretender...) but I'd say Abysia is on a trajectory to take the lead. As far as I know they are moving up the charts without fighting anyone so their gems are just accumulating - or are they also at war? Anyway, looks like they'll soon overtake the scholars of Pythium in research.

As for Anti, we could get a sub but frankly I think they are done with now. Their cap has been under siege and I don't see any significant fighting forces. As their conqueror, I'd be happy to let an independent reviewer check it out to see if there is something I am missing. In any case, getting a sub would be best, but I'd hate to delay the game a while if the end result is just the same...

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Abysia should have made great gains, but thought he'd have a crack at rlyeh.. stupid newbie :( them abysians just aint made for fighting underwater

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Shall I (or whoever is admin) post for a Sub / or someone to review Anti's turn and see if it warrants turning him AI?

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Aren't you the admin DC? :)

Edit: Just checked the scores on the llamaserver, and Ermor's stats seem similar to both Caelum's and Ashdod's (and I'd have a hard time believing those two positions are hopeless!) so think it's worth having a quick look for a sub (noticed most recent sub requests have been filled pretty quickly too, so we might get lucky). And DonC, if you know any experienced player(s) who can take a look at the Ermor positon as well to give some sort of general assessment of it, then that'd just be an added bonus :up:

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Nope, not me. Happy to do it if we don't have one though.

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Ah you're right DC, just checked the thread backlog and it was actually 'anticipatient' himself who took over from 'Omnirizon'. Makes things a bit trickier. Best PM llamabeast to request the password or password override I guess.

Be great if you could volunteer for the admin post DC. I'd happily do it, but I know that during October+November I'll be away for a few weeks here and there, so might not be the most reliable person during that time to spot problems and delay requests etc.

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ok, I will check in with Llama to see if I can take over and in the meantime look for a sub/AI switcher.

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Anticipatient broke his monitor. He said so further up the thread. Unfortunate as he was in 10 games or so.

I'll send DC the admin password.

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Thanks once again llamabeast. Have a few pints on me for all of your continuous help. Or maybe just one pint depending on what exactly it's a pint of :)

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Calahan, how do you post while you're offline - its quite mysterious. :)

Now I remember Anti's broken monitor but somehow i thought he was still getting his turns in. Anyway, we'll see if we can find someone to review his position. The AIs in this game seem to be pretty effective opponents from what I have seen of Eriu and R'yleh

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Ok, for the record, BesucherXia has graciously offered to take control of Ermor from anticipatient.

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erf for a reason I don't understand Llamaserver didn't get my last orders and made me stale. It's sad as I had some last tricks to play before calling off.

Well, fate rules in the end.

As a last note I wanted to tell you something strange about fate : remember that turn when I attacked Marignon and Pangea came to his help ? At that time there had been a problem with the Llamaserver which had made us postpone the game. During that postpone I had finally decided it may not be wise to go on attacking so soon after taking Shinuyama and changed my orders to some things more peaceful.
For some reason, the server didn't use my new orders and...well, you know the rest.

Anyway, I had great fun in playing this game. I learnt a lot.
Thank you all and see you in another game.

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As far as I can tell, Ermor is about to be eliminated. Though the capitol defense may hold a little longer, they are running out of resource for any counterattack.

I believe the Pythians are on their right way to success, so if anyone else will run against them and avenage me, I will give him what I left. Personlly I will not set the race into Ai until the last fort is lost.

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Also, thank DonCorazon for giving me this chance to sub. I learned a lot since this is my first MP game at later phase.
Sorry for anticipatient if I had missed his original plan and had not done things better.

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Don't worry, pretty sure you were into a lost cause when you started. Hmmm where is pyhtium going next? Will they dare venture into Abysian lands??

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Kheldron: Good game, not that Pythium was ever able to see any of those battles being so far from the West, but we were surprised you were able to hold out as long as you have against so many. See you in the next one...

BesucherXia: You have done quite well, putting my pretender into the grave among other things. I am not sure that you need to bribe anyone to avenge Ermor, ours has been a well-fought war with mutual respect and it has cost Pythium dearly in resources (after all seeking arrows aren't free :) ) and lives (RIP Willow). It seems the one who has profited from this war the most is Abysia - just look at the research lead they have taken and the ~40 gems they get from untouched global enchantments each turn. While Pythium spends its lives and gems and pours its blood into every inch of Ermorian graveyard soil, the Abysians horde their wealth and gems and prepare their great war machine - do they really need even more? :)

Dragar: It is too hot in Abysia for the war weary folk of Pythium.

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Those 35 gems still leave Abysia way behind the gems earned by the pythian forces and all of their conquered land..

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@ BesucherXia - Sounds like you did a fanatastic job against all the odds. You came into what was always a hopeless position, but downing the Pythium pretender is certainly an impressive parting shot :up: Look forward to the chance to play in some future MP games with you :)

@ Kheldron - My hat's off to you for being an amazingly tough SOB :envy: I'm pretty sure that if you weren't fighting against 2-3 enemies the whole time, then it would be me writing my goodbyes at this point. Your tale of fate certainly suggests things worked against you. Since I remember well that it was only the high aggression shown by Caelum, and the fear for my subsequent future, that led to my decision to unleash the Maenad hordes against you. And so far, the backstabbing manner in which I attacked you is by far my biggest newbie regret from all the games I've played/am playing. Cetainly look forward to playing in future games with you :) Not looking forward to the outcome of any 1-on-1 wars with you though! Although the fighting should be a ton of fun :D


The current word from the Groves is that the Satyr's think that Abysia and Pythium both appear to be growing increasingly powerful.

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Abysia hasn't grown in an age! We're good little demons, keeping to ourselves and reading books

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Can I please request a 48 extension for the current turn. I have to go to Greece for a week with work later today, and have no idea how much free time I'll have, or even if I'll have any internet/WiFi access once I'm there. Might not need the extension if time and web connection are both good, but better to be safe than sorry :)

@ BDA - Nice one :up: But she'll be back :D

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Have fun in Greece!

48 hours has been added.

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:pointright: NEWS FLASH!!!!
The Pythium Senate has been dismissed after General Corazonus of the 6th Legion led a military coup last night. While details are sparse, it seems the recent embarrassing failure of Pyth’s champion in the arena, the death of the goddess Willow, and the quagmire of the protracted Ermorian war, including the assassination of our national hero, the Patriarch, in a magic duel, were all causes for the revolution. Corazonus is now giving notice of termination of NAPs with Pangea and Ashdod to maintain maximum flexibility to intervene in the volatile western war zones should the situation so require it.

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It seems Calahan is out of contact. Turn is supposed to host in less than an hour. I am going to add 12 hours since he staled last time and I'd hate to see two stales in a row. In the meantime, I am going to look for a possible sub. I don't want to pause the game too long since we already seem to be losing some momentum...

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We have momentum??

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Good point. That was diplomatic.

It would be nice to finish this game up before Christmas.

Since he said he'd be gone a week on the 15th, I am assuming he may be getting back soon so will wait a day or so. After that I guess we look for a sub or turn him AI and just get this one over with. Open to ideas though.

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I dunno, I've never played in a game remotely this slow. This was the second game I ever joined, and I've lost count of how many I've played since then.

I go away for almost 4 weeks late November. I was hoping initially that this game would be long gone by then, looks like the next set of wars won't even have started the way we're going.

Pangaea really is critical to the game, we need Calahan here to make it worthwhile..

It seems really, really wasteful, but is anyone still enjoying this one? or are we continuing on for the sake of it?